Today I will show you a bit of modism
related to illnesses and health
this really will help you
to improve your English vocabulary
and it will help you to sound like a native
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the first modismo is usually said
When you find yourself, you feel very good
it’s “to feel as fit as a fiddle”
and “a fiddle” is another way of saying violin
then, if your “feel as fit as a fiddle” is that you feel good
I, right now “feel as fit as a fiddle
Another modality is “to be a picture of health”
if you “are a picture of health
is that you are an example of good health
could you say, my friend was suffering from a disease
But now, she “is a picture of health”
she is very, very healthy
the next one is negative
i is “to have a splitting headache”
“to have a splitting headache”
it means having a lot of headache
can you imagine it, to split your head?
very pain, someone who has suffered
of migraine will understand it
I just had one in my life
but it was a very bad day
The next one is one that you probably have heard before
because when I ask for examples of modisms to my students
They always say this or “it’s raining cats and dogs”
It’s a language that we do not use too much
but this one of which I want to speak
is “to be, look or feel under the weather”
I usually use it with a look, I can say
ooh, you look a bit under the weather
and then the person could say
yes, I’m feeling a bit under the weather
That means not being good
It’s a beautiful way to say it
Because you do not want to tell someone you’re getting fucked
You mean that “you look a bit under the weather”
do you find or feel bad?
The following is a negative modism
It’s “to take a turn for the worse
If your “take a turn for the worse”
It means that you are worse than you were before
I could say, I had a cold
but then “i took a turn for the worse”
and I had to go to the hospital, because I found it wrong
and then I got sick and I went to the hospital
You can use it in positive situations
You can say, to take a turn for the better
but it is not very common
The following is “to be black and blue”
I wonder if you can guess it
what can it mean “black and blue”?
yes “you’re black and blue”
it means that you have many blues
The marks you have after having been beaten
If you have many blues, you can tell
“you’re black and blue”, this one is related to the following one
why the next is “to take a tumble”
If you “have taken a tumble” means that you have fallen
and if you have fallen and you have blue
You can say, “I’ve taken a tumble”
“i’m black and blue”
check if your English teacher understands you
when you say it
The next one is “to go under the knife”
this means having an operation
But it also means cosmetic surgery
then, if someone says “she’s been under the knife”
it means that you have had surgery
but if you say, “I had a really sore leg
but i went under the knife “
That means, I had a bad leg, but now I have had an operation
The next one is “to be on one’s last legs”
and it means that someone is about to die
He is very tired and dying
then, if someone says “i think the’re on their last legs”
it means: I do not think they live a long time
which is very sad
but in England
we like to use many modisms
about serious situations
instead of dying, we say “to pop one’s clogs”
You’ve popped your clogs
It’s a way to treat a serious thing
If someone is about to die
We do not try to be fun or joke
is how we face
a difficult and sad situation
another similar
is “hanging by a thread”
it means that you are about to be
That the situation becomes serious or that you die
the last one is my favorite
because it’s great fun
And I find it very funny
It’s “to feel like or to look like death warmed up”
Again, this is a joke that I would love to know
if you have it in your language
If somebody is horrible, very ill and fucking
pale gray, large glasses in his eyes
you can tell them that “they look like death warmed up”
It’s just a very funny phrase
You can not smile when someone tells you
unless you really feel like a death is being heated to clear
So let’s see if you can use it
in a conversation with a native
Because I think they’ll find you a lot of fun.
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